Quarryville, PA (342 W. Fritz Ave., Quarryville 17566)
Publisher
Lancaster Chapter, NRHS,
Date of Publication
1984.
Physical Description
56 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Notes
Map of electrified lines for the Pennsylvania Railroad on inside front cover.
Summary
"When the Pennsylvania Railroad decided that a better locomotive was needed to take the reins from the P5a's as the chief electric locomotives, it immediately went to work. Within months, the GG1 and R1 were designed, built and tested. In selecting the GG1, the Standard Railroad of the World chose a design that would exceed even its expectation, outliving the Pennsy and its sad successor, Penn Central." [foreword]
52 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Notes
"An authorized history by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission."
"The Pennsylvania Turnpike--color portfolio" ([6] p.) inserted between p. 24 and 25.
"55th anniversary edition."--cover
Contents
BY CANAL BOAT TO PITTSBURGH --- RAILROAD WARS --- AN IDEA REBORN --- SHAPING AMERICA'S GREATEST SUPERHIGHWAY --- DESTINATION MIDNIGHT --- A PEACH OF A ROAD --- CONFOUNDING THE CRITICS --- THE TURNPIKE GOES TO WAR --- AIMING FOR PHILADELPHIA AND OHIO --- NEW YORK, CHICAGO-AND SCRANTON --- UNCORKING THE BOTTLENECKS --- THE UNCERTAIN '70'S --- INTO THE FIFTH DECADE
